Fatah´s armed wing, al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, has stepped up its
campaign against the Palestinian drafters of the Geneva Accord by
calling for a general strike in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in protest
against the agreement.

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In a leaflet distributed in the Gaza
Strip, the Brigades denounced co-
author of the accord, Yasser Abed Rabbo, and his colleagues
as "devils, traitors, and mercenaries." The call for the strike comes
as thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
continued, for the second running week, to stage protests against the
accord.

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"Which devilish logic led them to sign this treasonous
agreement?"
asked the leaflet. "Who are these devils to sign an on behalf of the
Palestinian people an agreement relinquishing the right of return?
They are mercenaries and servants of the occupation."

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The
leaflet urged Palestinians to boycott and pursue all those who
were involved in the Geneva Accord, whether by drafting it, signing
it, or trying to market it. The flier also called for declaring the
date of the signing as a "black day" in the history of the
Palestinians and urged residents to raise black flags on their
rooftops as an expression of their rejection of the initiative.

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Rafik al-Natsheh, the hard-line speaker of the Palestinian
Legislative Council, joined opponents of the accord, saying it
contravenes Palestinian national policies and interests. He called a
special session of the PLC later this week to discuss the Geneva
Accord, pointing out that the council has already issued a statement
last week rejecting the agreement.

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"We are with the Palestinian
people," Natsheh added. "The people have
reaffirmed the position of the Palestinian National Council, the
Palestinian Authority, and the Palestinian Legislative Council. The
people have demonstrated in support of our position, and we are with
our people."

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Hassan Jibril, chairman of the Popular Committees
of Palestinian
Refugees in the Central Gaza Strip, said his group was planning to
take the Palestinian authors of the agreement to the PA courts. He
condemned the Geneva Accord as one of the most dangerous schemes
against the Palestinians, saying it was worse than the Balfour
Declaration, which promised the Jews a state in Palestine.

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At a
rally attended by thousands in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Hamas
official Amer Abu al-Amarin condemned Abed Rabbo and his team
as "traitors of the homeland and the martyrs."

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He added: "We
are committed to the right of return for the refugees
and the right to continue the resistance until liberation. There is
no place for the Jews on the land of Palestine, and damn whoever says
otherwise. We should deal with the Jews as they were were dealt with
at Khaibar [a reference to a Jewish stronghold 150 km from Medina
where the Prophet Muhammad is said to have defeated Jewish tribes].
We should kill their warriors and take prisoner their women. There is
no alternative to jihad and resistance."

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At another rally,
Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi also launched a
scathing attack on the Palestinian authors of the Geneva Accord. He
told thousands of supporters: "The agreement was written with the
blood of the martyrs of Izz al-Din al-Kassam [Hamas´s armed wing] and
Palestinian children. This is a betrayal of the jihad of the
Palestinian people."

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Hamas spiritual leader Ahmed Yassin said
in response to the
agreement: "The Palestinian people have expressed their opinion at
the border crossing." He was referring to attacks on some of the
Palestinian negotiators at the Rafah border by demonstrators who
pelted them with stones and rotten eggs.

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In Nablus, hundreds of
Palestinians from various factions
demonstrated against the agreement, setting fire to American,
Israeli, and Swiss flags and effigies of Yossi Beilin and Abed Rabbo.